Pierre Bonnard: Affinities, 2018

8 . Woman in a Tub, with Studies of Cats

c. 1908–16 Pencil on paper 6 5 ⁄ 8 x 8 1 ⁄ 4

inches ( 17 x 21 cm.)

provenance Michel Terrasse; Sale, Dobiaschofsky Berne, 2008 .

Bonnard absorbed the influence of Degas in viewing the model from above as she bathed in a round tub. Our drawing is closest to a painting of 1916 titled Nude in the Tub , Private Collection.